Thanks now I can walk around the house starting discussions with my parent's about how Julius Caesar must be stopped and make my dog a member of the Senate.
Maybe it's just me, but a toga seems like much more comfortable business/formal wear than a three piece suit or tuxedo. Romans also had a custom of taking baths (basically a spa trip nowadays) and played games like checkers or backgammon during their business meetings and political deals. Now compare this with golf. Which one sounds better?
Joe real toga can be quite heavy, because of the amount of material used. It was then replaced by pallium because it was too uncomfortable. That's just how clothing evolve: It started as simple, but the more formal it became, the more uncomfortable it is and finally replaced by something more comfortable. Modern suit was also like that. That's why it was originally called "lounge suit" ie suit for lounging.
I would prefer a toga with a tunic and shorts underneath it rather than a business suit. A toga may be sort of heavy, but it beats being constricted by a suit just to look nice.
I've started wearing clothing styled after ancient Rome and Greece and I've never been more comfortable, you get so much range of motion and because it's so airy you're not becoming mired in sweat. I also get the added benefit of looking down at the plebeians.
That toga falls beautifully. Most togas I've seen, look super awkward when warn. That one looks like the ones on statues and paintings from Rome's prime years.
@@ReasonableRadio Have y'all noticed the semi circular shape of the unwrapped toga? I'd like to know how to trace such a shape onto a massive rectangular piece of fabric.
@@emiledanielbouwer6963 you could get a diagram, measure it out on the piece of fabric and cut to marks. Wouldnt take too long probably though cutting skills and tools will differ
I enjoyed the talk, but was quite disappointed that the demonstration was only the short-cut bed-sheet version which is already easy to find on line.I would think that that Getty would be the one source of something more historically correct.
+Leslie Yarmo Probably find some wool bedsheets or a blanket around the same size. Togas were made of wool, as it was the only fibrous material available to them.
Is it just me, or do togas depicted in Roman artwork look kinda different from modern reconstructions of them, like in movies or this one here? In statues, togas look bigger and clunkier on their wearer and they have all sorts of complicated folds....
From its probable beginnings as a simple, practical work-garment, the toga became more voluminous, complex, and costly, increasingly unsuited to anything but formal and ceremonial use. It was and is considered ancient Rome's "national costume"; as such, it had great symbolic value; however even among Romans, it was hard to put on, uncomfortable and challenging to wear correctly, and never truly popular. When circumstances allowed, those otherwise entitled or obliged to wear it opted for more comfortable, casual garments. It gradually fell out of use, firstly among citizens of the lower class, then those of the middle class. Eventually, it was worn only by the highest classes for ceremonial occasions
Is to be honest this toga is a bit short for this man and overall the toga looks like the 1st century BC toga rather is rather than a first century AD toga which was much larger
You mention the Empire. Was this how a Roman Republican would drape his toga as well? I've seen a few paintings/mosaics that wrap around a couple more times but I've never been able to figure out how.
I was just going to say the same thing. For one thing its about 4 inches too low on his right side, its should be about belt level no lower. Remember Greeks wore JUST the Toga and this would have left him exposed. Most Romans (except Cato) wore a tunic under.
Jim Humphries isn't this traditionally a garment that only the men wore? What did women wear? I've been trying to research more about what women were wearing because from what I understand the toga was only worn by men
Jennifer Halliwell A toga is nothing more than a semicircular piece of fabric, so I'm sure you can purchase a large piece of fabric from any fabric store and cut it to size at home.
Nice try, but if you want to see how to dress as a proper Roman, watch I, Claudius episodes here on RU-vid. First episode, Marcus Agrippa in toga. Nice stolas too.
I just uploaded a video... Idk maybe it might help? I don't cut or sew the toga, but if you are a guy the only thing I would do different is tie it with a chunky gold rope. =D
unknownally That's because this is teaching the historically accurate way to make a toga. Most other tutorials are more for looking pretty and could probably care less about historical accuracy.
that was just wrong, wrong shape and you're supposed to loop the left corner back under the diagonal. if they wore it like this it would fall off every 5 minutes
Not exactly the presentation one might expect from a museum of the Getty's stature. Why not have "the two slaves"? Why was your model in modern street garb and not in the Roman under tunic? I'm very sorry, but as a costume historian I found this a weak effort.
How come this toga doesn't actually look like any of the togas you see on Roman statues or paintings? It's because it is not properly draped. This woman, whoever she is, doesn't know what she's talking about. Read Lillian May Wilson, A Study of the Roman Toga, John Hopkins, 1924.
So maybe after a few more decades studying and teaching them at a tertiary level you might have learned a few things, rather than parroting what some academic you saw at a seminar said. There is a great deal of work currently being done on Roman material culture that is much more in depth and accurate than 'look at some fucking statues'. Learn some manners as well as some history.
Are you? To any of those? No? So I guess you're not working at the Getty after all? No? Second hand clue in outdated studies is not a clue at all. Learn some respect toward educational professionals, as well as some history and civility.
